-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- IN FOCUS : Dubai revisited

The global downturn of 2008 put the brakes on Dubai 's rapidly expanding property sector , precipitating a $ 25 billion restructuring of the Gulf Emirate 's debts . With the financial markets again teetering on the edge of disaster , MME investigates how Dubai is reshaping its ownership laws to protect the housing industry from a second crisis .

IN FOCUS : The road to statehood

The Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will head to the United Nations in September to request official recognition of a Palestinian state . MME analyzes the complexities of preparing an economy for the burdens of nationhood .

FACETIME : Reem Acra , fashion designer

Reem Acra is one of the hottest names in the Lebanese fashion industry . MME visits the designers new flagship store in Beirut to find why she thinks the Middle East is such an untapped market for chic and style .

Marketplace Middle East airs weekly at the following times -LRB- GMT -RRB- : Fridays : 0845 , 1645 , Saturdays : 0615 , Sundays : 0515 , 1745 , Mondays : 0045

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MME looks at the property laws insulating Dubai 's housing sector

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What does it take to prepare an economy for statehood ? MME investigates

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Leading Lebanese designer , Reem Acra talks fashion